Archive for April 2015

Three for Three {A Three Things Thursday post}

I have to say that if you could grade maternity leave, I am totally acing it. ACING IT. 1. In addition to the diapers, wipes and mesh undies...

The discharge instructions from the hospital in regards to my C-section are fairly standard. No driving for 10 to 14 days. If I have increas...

Eff you, Justin Timberlake. Eff you. 1. When Mark and I were looking at names for baby boy, we had a few criteria. The name could not be too...

I read a lot of birth stories as I prepared for the arrival of Silas, and I dreamed of what mine would say. A successful VBAC, an interventi...

In 2009, Jon Topp of Chesterfield, Missouri, sent me an email and attached a spreadsheet listing dozens of Colby cheeses he had ordered fro...

I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Silas Jasper. This little dude, whom I've already labeled as dark and brooding, made his entrance v...

1. I taught my last class of pregnancy on Wednesday. Barbell – my favorite. And, to make sure we went out with a bang, I picked some of the ...

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student aiming to develop his own brand of sheep milk cheeses is the recipient of the 2015 Beginning Chees...

My answer was simple, succinct and selfish. The benefits of being an active kid was improved sleep. As in, parents get your child outside, w...

Some people clean walls. Others scrub baseboards. I, on the other hand, hoard. Food. With a scheduled C-section imminent, one might assume I...

Heart thumping, sweat dripping, fall-to-the-floor fatigue inducing – that's how you can describe this workout. Or, as I mentioned in thi...

Just working on my sanity. Photo taken at 36 weeks. I'm now at 38 and change. The comments I get when I walk into the gym usually fall i...

A stockpile of pancakes in the freezer = Best idea ever. I topped them with sliced banana and blueberry-lime jam from the farmers market. I...